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Remember 3/11
Today is the anniversary of the unfortunate earthquake disaster in the Tohoku region that uprooted many lives. Yahoo! Japan has a special donation promotion set up this year, so if you search “3.11″ on their search engine, they’ll donate 10 yen per person to help assist with reconstruction in the Tohoku area.
Here’s a masterpost of my Japanese posts I’ve made so far. For newer posts and posts made by other langblrs please check my Japanese-tag. You may like/reblog this post if you want to, but I would really appreciate if you liked/reblogged individual posts instead! Please note that some posts are from my old blogs, I’m not stealing/claiming other people’s posts as mine! Japanese resources Japanese phrases Spring vocabulary Summer vocabulary Autumn vocabulary Winter vocabulary Valentine’s day vocabulary Halloween vocabulary Christmas vocabulary New Year vocabulary Birthday vocabulary Ramadan vocabulary Hanukkah vocabulary Eurovision vocabulary Rainy day vocabulary Flower vocabulary Insects vocabulary Tea vocabulary Knitting and crocheting vocabulary Traveling vocabulary Harry Potter vocabulary Moomin vocabulary Studio Ghibli vocabulary When Marnie Was There vocabulary Friendship vocabulary Cozy vocabulary Mental health and mental disorders vocabulary Menstruation vocabulary Ainu vocabulary Catalan referendum vocabulary Bullying vocabulary 11.3.2011 vocabulary Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki vocabulary Terrorism vocabulary Refugee vocabulary New words I learned in Japan 1 month kanji challenge
Since 2018 is the year of the dog, I’m doing a series of posts about dog / wolf shrines in or near Tokyo. The shrine that features in my second post is a very small and apparently nondescript one, hidden between tall buildings in Shibuya, but it’s unusual: instead of kitsune (foxes), it has wolf guardians. That’s very rare. It’s called Miyamasu Mitake Jinja (宮益御嶽神社), and though its origins are obscure, it dates back to the Edo period.
The first post, about Mitsumine Jinja, is here.
Japanese Winter Vocabulary ❄
冬 ( ふゆ ) - winter
冬至 ( とうじ ) - winter solstice
十二月 ( じゅうにがつ ) - December
一月 ( いちがつ ) - January
二月 ( にがつ ) - February
雪 ( ゆき ) - snow
雪片 ( せっぺん ) / スノーフレーク - snowflake
白 ( しろ ) - white
氷 ( こうり ) - ice
氷柱 ( つらら ) - icicle
寒い ( さむい ) - cold, chilly
ゾクゾク / ぞくぞく - shivering (onomatopoeic / SFX word)
凍る ( こおる ) - to freeze
霜 ( しも ) - frost
雹 ( ひょう ) - hail
吹雪 ( ふぶき ) - blizzard
冬眠 ( とうみん ) - hibernation
雪だるま ( ゆきだるま ) - snowman
そり - sled, sleigh
アイススケート - ice skating
スキー - skiing
毛布 ( もうふ ) - blanket
コート / 上着 ( うわぎ ) - coat
セーター - sweater
スカーフ - scarf
手袋 ( てぶくろ ) - glove, mitten
帽子 ( ぼうし ) - hat
クリスマス - Christmas
「メリークリスマス！」 - “Merry Christmas!”
ハヌカ - Hanukkah
正月 ( しょうがつ ) - New Year
大晦日 ( おおみそか ) - New Year’s Eve
元日 ( がんじつ ) - New Year’s Day (January 1st)
Particles 1.
こんにちは。
Versión es español: ->aquí<-
1. は - Topic particle*
Note that this is not a subject particle, but a topic one which means that this particle is used to highlight the main topic in a sentence.
Examples:
私は学生です。= わたしはがくせいです。= I am a student.
日本はきれいです。= にほんはきれいです。= Japan is beautiful.
2. を - Direct object particle.
Indicates the things that are directly related or affected by the action (the verb)
Examples:
私は日本語を勉強します。= わたしはにほんごをべんきょうします。= I study Japanese.
*Remember that in Japanese you can omit the subject is this is explicit in the context of the sentence.
毎朝、コーヒーを飲みます。= まいあさ、コーヒーをのみます。= I drink coffee every morning.
3. へ - Movement Particle.
Indicates the goal of movement.
Ejemplos:
A. どこへ行きますか。= どこへいきますか。= Where are you going?
B. 大学へ行きます。= だいがくへいきます。= I am gointo to college
家へ帰ります。= うちへかえります。= I come back home.
4. で - Action particle.*
Indicates the place where an action (verb) takes place.
Ejemplos:
A. どこで食べますか。= どこでたべます。= Where do you eat?
B. 喫茶店で食べます。= きっさてんでたべます。= I eat at a coffe shop / cafeteria.
図書館で本を読みます。= としょかんでほんをよみます。= I read a book in the library.
*This is just one of its usages.
5. に - Time particle*
Indicates the time in which an event (verb, action) takes place.
Ejemplos.
A. 何時に寝ますか。= なんじにねますか。= What time do you go to bed?
B. 十一時に寝ます。= じゅういちじにねます。= I go to bed at 11 o’ clock.
日曜日に家で食べます。= にちようびにうちでたべます。= On sundays, I eat at home.
*This is just one of its usages..
*It is generally used with numerical expressions of time such as: the days of the week or the hours…
*You cannot use it with vague expressions of time such as: in the morning, at night, every day…
VERBS USED IN THIS LESSON (～ます FORM):
勉強します。= べんきょうします。= To study.
食べます。= たべます。= To eat.
行きます。= いきます。= To go.
帰ります。= かえります。= To return, to come back.
読みます。= よみます。= To read.
寝ます。= ねます。= To go to bed, to sleep.
ありがとうございます。:))
Japanese lesson #11: Particles
Wa- は (Indicates the topic or a sentance)
Ga- が (Indicates the subject)
Ka- か (Added at the end to make it a question)
Ni- に (Indicates location)
No- の (Indicates possession)
e-え (Indicates direction)
Wo- を (Indicates the object of a verb)
To- と (Used to connect and list multiple items)
Ya- や (Used to connect and partially list up items)
Nado- など (Used with や)
Mo- も (Means- both, and, neither, or, too, either, also)
• Note: particles are used in a lot of sentences you might hear in Japan. For example- in 犬はかわいいです。は is pronounced ‘wa’ and indicates the dog IS cute. (Inu WA kawaii desu)
• Note 2: Make sure to use the right one when forming a sentance, or you might sound weird.
A list of things to practice your listening skills with, and to practice hearing the flow of Japanese, so as to better incorporate that in your own speaking (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑
YouTube
LayerQ - gaming channel, speaks clearly.
Mitoku - gaming channel, speaks at a nice pace. I’m currently watching her Breath of the Wild LP!
Roa - gaming channel, speaks really fast, but she’s just so 元気 that it doesn’t matter that she’s hard to follow. I enjoy having her in the background.
Fonimu - plays a lot of JRPGs, but he is very relaxing to listen to, and polite.
日本語の森 - I’m sure you all know this one! Get Japanese explained to you in Japanese. They have dedicated channels for N3, N2, and N1.
Just Duncan - Japanese youtuber, with Japanese subtitles. It’s been a year since he uploaded anything, but I enjoy his sense of humor.
Shows
If you want to use shows for practicing listening, either a) listen with closed eyes, b) turn off subtitles, or c) put on Japanese subtitles.
野武士のグルメ - Samurai Gourmet. I swear, this is the cutest show in the world. Go find it and just feel the warmth of watching a sweet elderly man having lunch.
Japanese Style Originator - a show where the origins of Japanese concepts are explained, and some people have to make some guesses. The game part of it isn’t terrible interesting, and the music they use is obnoxiously loud, but I’ve learned some very interesting things!
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories - as far as I understand this is a live-action adaptation of a manga. I haven’t watched it yet.
Terrace House - Japanese reality show about 6 young people living in a house together.
Little Witch Academia - anime about a witch school. It’s kinda cute.
AJIN: Demi-human - significantly darker anime than the one listed above. This is the only one on the list without any kind of Japanese subs available.
Good Morning Call - drama about two classmates accidentally renting the same apartment. I haven’t seen this, but it looks like it caters to every romance trope in the best way possible.
Keep in mind that availability varies greatly depending on countries! The ones I’ve listed are available on Netflix Denmark, so I’m thinking they are also available in most of Europe and America as well.
Podcasts
ひいきびいき - a super relaxing podcast with hour long episodes feat. two Japanese people just talking about their days and anything and everything. I really like this one.
バイリングアルニュース - Bilingual News. A Japanese-speaking woman and an English-speaking man discuss recent events. This is easier to follow along with, because you have the context very clearly in English.
そのアニ - Discussions about anime entirely in Japanese.
自由なラジオ Light Up! - Politics, society, news, and stuff like that. Difficult Japanese, but there are transcripts, so you can practice reading with them as well!
天使のモーニングコール - A slower paced podcast meant to be relaxing, discussing lifestyle-related topics.
Chiune Sugihara. This man saved 6000 Jews. He was a Japanese diplomat in Lithuania. When the Nazis began rounding up Jews, Sugihara risked his life to start issuing unlawful travel visas to Jews. He hand-wrote them 18 hrs a day. The day his consulate closed and he had to evacuate, witnesses claim he was STILL writing visas and throwing from the train as he pulled away. He saved 6000 lives. The world didn’t know what he’d done until Israel honored him in 1985, the year before he died.
Why can’t we have a movie about him?
He was often called “Sempo”, an alternative reading of the characters of his first name, as that was easier for Westerners to pronounce.
His wife, Yukiko, was also a part of this; she is often credited with suggesting the plan. The Sugihara family was held in a Soviet POW camp for 18 months until the end of the war; within a year of returning home, Sugihara was asked to resign - officially due to downsizing, but most likely because the government disagreed with his actions.
He didn’t simply grant visas - he granted visas against direct orders, after attempting three times to receive permission from the Japanese Foreign Ministry and being turned down each time. He did not “misread” orders; he was in direct violation of them, with the encouragement and support of his wife.
He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations in 1985, a year before he died in Kamakura; he and his descendants have also been granted permanent Israeli citizenship. He was also posthumously awarded the Life Saving Cross of Lithuania (1993); Commander’s Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996); and the Commander’s Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007). Though not canonized, some Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize him as a saint.
Sugihara was born in Gifu on the first day of 1900, January 1. He achieved top marks in his schooling; his father wanted him to become a physician, but Sugihara wished to pursue learning English. He deliberately failed the exam by writing only his name and then entered Waseda, where he majored in English. He joined the Foreign Ministry after graduation and worked in the Manchurian Foreign Office in Harbin (where he learned Russian and German; he also converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church during this time). He resigned his post in protest over how the Japanese government treated the local Chinese citizens. He eventually married Yukiko Kikuchi, who would suggest and encourage his acts in Lithuania; they had four sons together. Chiune Sugihara passed away July 31, 1986, at the age of 86. Until her own passing in 2008, Yukiko continued as an ambassador of his legacy.
It is estimated that the Sugiharas saved between 6,000-10,000 Lithuanian and Polish Jewish people.
It’s a tragedy that the Sugiharas aren’t household names. They are among the greatest heroes of WWII. Is it because they were from an Axis Power? Is it because they aren’t European? I don’t know. But I’ve decided to always reblog them when they come across my dash. If I had the money, I would finance a movie about them.
He told an interviewer:
You want to know about my motivation, don’t you? Well. It is the kind of sentiments anyone would have when he actually sees refugees face to face, begging with tears in their eyes. He just cannot help but sympathize with them. Among the refugees were the elderly and women. They were so desperate that they went so far as to kiss my shoes, Yes, I actually witnessed such scenes with my own eyes. Also, I felt at that time, that the Japanese government did not have any uniform opinion in Tokyo. Some Japanese military leaders were just scared because of the pressure from the Nazis; while other officials in the Home Ministry were simply ambivalent.
People in Tokyo were not united. I felt it silly to deal with them. So, I made up my mind not to wait for their reply. I knew that somebody would surely complain about me in the future. But, I myself thought this would be the right thing to do. There is nothing wrong in saving many people’s lives….The spirit of humanity, philanthropy…neighborly friendship…with this spirit, I ventured to do what I did, confronting this most difficult situation—and because of this reason, I went ahead with redoubled courage.
He died in nearly complete obscurity in Japan. His neighbors were shocked when people from all over, including Israeli diplomatic personnel, showed up at quiet little Mr. Sugihara’s funeral.
I will forever reblog this, I wish more people would know about them!
I liked this before when it had way less information. Thank you, history-sharers.
Tucked away in a corner in L.A.’s Little Tokyo is a life-sized statue of Chiune, seated on a bench and smiling gently as he holds out a visa.
The stone next to him bears a quote from the Talmud; “He who saves one life, saves the entire world.”
I had no idea it existed until a few weeks ago, but it’s since become one of my favorite pieces of public art.
Chiune Sugihara. Original antifa.
always reblog Chiune Sugihara. I have his picture over my desk at work to remind me what’s important.
heroic
Hokoku Shrine, located on the grounds of Osaka Castle
Hokoku Shrine was erected under the edict of Emperor Meiji and is dedicated to those three great benefactors of the Japanese nation, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Toyotomi Hideyori, and Toyotomi Hidenaga. Sharing in the good fortune of the Toyotomi clan, Hokoku Shrine offers a charm of success to visitors coming to pray for good luck and prosperity. The statue at the shrine entrance is of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was crafted by the foremost Japanese sculptor, Shinya Nakamura.
Kyoto Tower - night and day versions
A selection of Japanese sentences showing grammar use, sorted by JLPT level. All grammar, all levels.
Grammar Sentences for all JLPT levels.
Studying Japanese: Resources!
In lieu of a ‘how to study’ Japanese post, here’s a few online resources which have helped me with studying Japanese throughout the years.
The resources listed below;
Range from beginner’s level to advanced level
Are appropriate for studying for the JLPT (N4- N1)
Are appropriate for self study
Most are free, or come with a free trial period! (excluding textbooks. but trust me, i’ve got your back)
Essential Websites and Extensions
IN RIKAIKUN WE TRUST
Rikaikun:The one-stop shop for all your browsing needs. Hover over any kanji compound and this app will do all the translating for you. I found this incredibly useful for reading practice (esp. on news articles etc.).
Jisho.org: One of the best dictionaries out there. Sorts most kanji according to JLPT level.
Tofugu: A good general starting place to find resources and read interesting articles about Japanese culture, ex-pats working in Japan and Studying in Japan. They also have a special series on applying for the JET Program!
Grammar
Particles? Verbs? Subjects? Conjugations?
JGram: All grammar is sorted by JLPT Levels. A good overview of common grammar structures.
Tanos: Also JLPT sorted
Introduction to Japanese Syntax, Grammar and Language: a comprehensive overview for beginners
NHK World: Lessons from the Japanese Public Broadcaster NHK. Largely Beginner’s Level.
Dictionary of Japanese Grammar (beginners) (advanced)
Handbook of Japanese Verbs: Beginners guide. Very handy pocket size so great for revision for the beginner-intermediate level.
How to Tell the Difference between Japanese Particles: Comparisons and Exercises: something to help with those pesky particles!
Writing (Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji)
Learn your alphabet(s) gdi!
Japanese Lesson
@ryohkei is a Japanese calligrapher who handwrites beautiful characters + stroke order and definitions. Very informative, given that handwritten kanji may differ from their typed counterparts.
@kanji-a-day
Practice Writing Sheets
Charts (hiragana, katakana)
Networks
Get you in touch with other native learners!
Lang-8
Hi Native
RhinoSpike
Forvo
Renshuu.org
Textbooks
Genki: perfect for beginners
Sou Matome: easy daily lessons and weekly review. All levels (sorted by JPLT level)
Kanzen Master
Tobira: highly recommended for those who are in the awkward intermediate - advanced plateau! Traditional Textbook format.
Tanki Master
500 Essential Japanese Expressions: A Guide to Correct Usage of Key Sentence Patterns: really useful for revision and to bridge the intermediate-advanced gap.
This blogspot: Lifesaver. Just, trust me on this. Please.
Multimedia (Youtube, Podcasts)
…because heck, learning a language is more than memorising charts and structures!
Bilingual Chika! One of my favourites. She recently published her own textbook!
Japanese Podcast 101
Watch Japanese TV at Jpopsuki
More?
A masterlist of free resources by @nihongogogo
This resource post by @study-ings
A list of N2 resources by @learningkakumei
This beginner’s resource post by @solarstudy
Stay tuned for later parts to this series incl. going on exchange, studying japanese, “wtf this kanji looks like a scribble”
All the best!
- fuckstudy
Masterposts are posted every other Sunday (asia pacific)/ Saturday (everywhere else). See previous masterposts here. Feel free to request topics here.
Previous topic: dealing with failure
Hey can someone help me out and make a transparent cutout of ash from this pic
Learn to Cheer in Japanese like a Champ’ in 30 seconds!
C’mon! - 頑張れ！ Go for it! - 行け〜 Cheer up! - ファイト！ Hang in there! - もう少し！ Keep it up! - いいよ！いいよ！ Don’t worry! - 大丈夫！ You can do it! - できる！できる！
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I remember the first time I watched this documentary a few years ago, and I thought this teacher was the most amazing human being ever. I still think he’s pretty impressive, but now I also think these students are very special for working together as a class.
This documentary is definitely worth the watching until the end. What I like about it is they don’t only show all the positive experiences the teacher has in the classroom but also the struggles he experiences with his students and how he manages to work through them. It’s unfortunate something like this is considered special and not yet the norm.
Me right after someone says I’m good at using chopsticks:
As I get older I’m finding that a lot of the “intellectuals” I used to admire are actually just condescending and pretentious. And also realizing how much more important it is to be present, considerate, and empathetic because nobody really knows what they’re talking about and anyone who claims to know everything about anything is feeding you bs.
“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am also realizing that actual intellectuals make their subjects easy to understand, and faux intelectuals will attempt to baffle.
“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”
- Albert Einstein
